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Board agrees to refund Penn Pacific and seek recovery after tax-deed error involving school property
Summary
Washington County will refund Penn Pacific approximately $22,000 for a tax sale purchase and pursue the party that owed the tax after county staff found a prior sale should not have issued a tax deed against a school-owned property.
The Washington County Board of Supervisors voted to refund to Penn Pacific the amount paid for a tax-sale purchase of property that should not have been sold in the first place because the parcel belonged to a school district at the time the tax sale notice was sent.
County counsel explained the sequence: the tax sale ran in the name of the prior owner (Osceola Properties), but the school district had taken ownership before the tax sale matured. Because the school district should not have been subject to the tax deed, the purchaser agreed to transfer the property back to the school district. The board approved refunding the purchase amount — approximately $22,000 — to Penn Pacific and directed staff to send a demand to the prior owner (Osceola Properties) to recover the outstanding tax liability.
The board recorded the motion to refund the purchaser and to pursue the prior owner for the tax payment; supervisors emphasized this is an administrative correction of a record and that further legal documentation and transfer steps will follow.
Ending: Board action authorizes immediate refund to the purchaser and instructs staff to pursue recovery from the party who owed the tax; legal staff will prepare the transfer paperwork and report back to the board.
